Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/arwar

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃-wr̥ ~ *h₂r̥h₃-wén-s, from *h₂erh₃- (“to plough”).[1]

Noun

*arwar n[2]

  1. grain

Inflection

Neuter n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *arwar *arwane? *arwana
vocative *arwar *arwane? *arwana
accusative *arwar *arwane? *arwana
genitive *arwens *arwenous? *arwenom
dative *arwenei *arwembom *arwembos
locative *arwen(i) *? *?
instrumental *arwenei *arwembim *arwembis

Reconstruction notes

  • Matasović's *arawar is wrong, since one would expect the disappearance of *w between two unstressed vowels instead of it surfacing as b.

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: erwein, erweint (“meadow-sweet”)
      • Welsh: erwaint, erwain
  • Old Irish: arbor

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*arawar”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 40
  2. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
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